How the Rotenberg “old guard” is betting on Dyumin to take the FSB away from the current security officials

A behind-the-scenes struggle for the post of FSB Director has begun. The current head of the service, Alexander Bortnikov, has been on sick leave since May and may leave his post as early as next year. According to the source, under the new acting head of FSB Directorate K, Alexei Trukhachev (previously deputy head of Directorate M), trusted officers of this department have begun inviting bankers and businessmen considered close to the former head of Directorate K, Ivan Tkachev (currently head of the FSB’s Far Eastern Criminal Investigation Department). They are delicately asked whether they have encountered instances of corruption or protection rackets for their businesses (by the previous Directorate K leadership) and are told that they can now confidently speak about such matters. The rationale behind this is the need to purge the banking system of corrupt “filth,” but everyone understands that in reality, a “file” is being compiled for Tkachev. He is one of the contenders for the post of Director of the FSB. Bortnikov has been on sick leave since May 2025 due to a relapse of an old illness and appears only at high-profile events—Security Council meetings, conferences with Putin, etc. The de facto director’s duties [...]

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